James mckitteick



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IMPROVED PAINT AND veertien-BRUSH.

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Be it known thatI', JAMES 'McKITTRIGK, of Brooklyn, inthe county loiKings, and 4State of New York,

have invented a new and useful :improvement Paint-and Varnish-Brushes;and that the following description,

taken in connection with i.the i accompanying drawings, hereinafterreferred to, forms a full and Vexact specification of the same, whereinI have set forth the nature andV principles-of my said improvement, bywhieh'iny invention mayl be distinguished from all others of a similarclass, together with such parts as claim, anddesire toshav-e secured tome by Letters Patent. This invention relates toa new and usefulimprovement in paint and varnish-brushes, whereby the combinedadvantagesofa flat and'rounl handle are obtained, and the disadvantagesof a flat handle avoided. Varnish brushes are constructed with a fiathandle, inorder that the brush or bristle portion may have aattenedform, but paint-brushes, although that form is preferable, areprovided with round handles, and have a round brush or bristle portion,as a ilat handle is very tiresome to the hand, and would not answer forpaint-brushes.

My invention consists in having the portion of the handlewhich isgrasped by the hand of ro'un'dptaperform, and the other portiornwhich isinserted in the brush or bristle portion, of fiat form, as hereinafterfully shown and described.` In the accompanying sheet of drawings--Figui-e1 is an elevationr external vienif.. my invention.- 'Figure '2, ahorizontal section of the same, taken .in the line :u m, g.,1.

Figure 3, adetached side view of myimproved handle. i Figure 4, vendview ofl the same. Figure 5,` a side `view of the ordinary'atvarnish-brush handle. Figure` 6, an end view of the same.V Similarletters of reference indicate like pars. VMly improved handle isconstructed of a. piece, A, of round taper-form, and has twowingsorprojections B B attached to it at opposite 'sides of its-largerendjas-,shown clearly in iig. 3. These wings are made slightly4taper-ina vertical direction', and should-be of such a length as isnecessary to give the brush or bristle portion a fiat f orm, the wingsbeing wholly/within. said portion. The wings Bmay be secured to theronnddapenpart A in any proper manner, either by-glue, beads, orotherwise.4 The wings or projections B B'scrve the samev purpose as theordinary fiat handle shown injg-s. 5 .and G, causing the brush o'rbristle portion `C to have an I oval-form Ain its transverse section,asshown clearly in iig. 2.

The round, handle isA a necessity with paint-brushes, and consequently'thebristle portion of th-e latter is,

vmaderonn'd but painters put a band or clasp around the bristles inorder to liatten them and give au oval.,

forin to the brush, which is essential inrorder that the brush may beused or worked fromtwo opposite sides to insure a wide, lat terminus.v`

If the brush be used or worked indiscriminately from all sides, it'wouldsoon wear toa vr/ound point, and

. operate very imperfect-ly, hence the necessity for 'the oval orflattened form of brush, which enables the painter to work the bruslifrom two opposite sides, and thereby prevent the same being worn to apoint.' l

AThe iiat handle AX, shown in iigs. 5 and 6, althoughit gives the .brushor bristle portion a-iiattened form, will notnnsweri'or' paint-brushes,asvit is tiresome to the hand.A It answers very well forvarnish-brushes, as varni'shing'i's comparatively light work. l Y l Myinvention possesses all the advantages ofthe ordinary flat handle withthe round handle, while the disadvantage of the fiat handle is avoided.I Y i Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Putent- V The tapering handleA ofthe paint-brush, whenmade round 'at its lower end, and provided withtwo inclined pieces B Bupon opposite sides, all constructed as described for the purposespeciiiedf i l JAS. McKI'lTRICK'.

Witnesses;

WM. McNmAnA, ALEX. Ft Renners.

